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To alZZ whom may con/(rem: are :lainiliar with the ends oi? the struts are Be it known. that l, l lanynr A... throne s, t slotted in a direction transverse to the flat citizen of the United til ates, a resident oi? side oi. the body of the kite requiring knotted Decatur. in the county oi? Macon and State enr s connected to the selvage string to be of Illinois, have invented new and useful slipped into such notches. This also adds Improvements in Kites, of which the :tolloW- to the cost, because of additional material inn" is a specification. and labor.

This invention has reference to kites, parlilites such herein disclosed are used ticularly of the'knoclndoirn type, and has by children and they must be manufactured m for its principal object to improve the strut at the least possible cost, so as to be retailed str t th r of, cheaply and so constructed that they may be A f th hj t 1} th invention is to pro iasily and quickly assembled and knockedvide a flexible binder, preferably a rubber d wn and rolled. up. i band, to hold the struts when in knock-down While l have shown and prefer to use a h l ti d Wrapped i th b d ()E th flexible binder. such. as a rubber band to h it h t d or b i hi p d, bind the struts when knocked-down and Th i v ti ha fa gt t -th bj ct which yieldingly holds the struts at their to thg ends of the, truts parallel with Cififiifilfig): point when 'tlflfi kite assembled, th kit b d h receiving th t i will be apparent that when the struts are f i th selmge f id b d th causedto engage the selvage string and tenl th f th t t l ti t th di tsion applied thereto a binder at their crossacross the kite body to the points oi? inter- 1:1 p int may be dispensed with. section With the string beingsuch, that the lif ierring now to my improved lite,which struts areslightly buckled when assembling 1S bly of the sis-sided type, 1 desigthe lite so as to put a tension on the string notes the body made of paper or other suitand th r b h ld th h l t t across th able material. 2 is a selvage string secured strut t t Within the turned edges 3 which are pasted That the invention may he mor tally down in the usual manner. The selvage derstood, reference is had to the accompany string being exposed at the corners of the ing drawings, forming a part of the descriptrite, as shown, by cutting away the corners tion, illustrating a preferred embodiment o'l. W h V shaped notches 4t. th inv tio in hi h The struts, oi which there are preferably Fi r 1 i a t i f 51, kit three. are designated 5. When knocked body my invention; down, as shown in Figure they are laid 35 FigureQis a detail of a corner of the kite. n up n the other and a binder, such as a showing the selvg gg string and the trut rubber band. (i used to bind them. l l hen SO engaging the saine, and arranged they may be laid diagonally across Figure 3 is a perspecti i w f th t t the body 1. oi the lrite and rolled therein For knocked-down and assembled for storage or storage or shipping. The binder 6 may also as shipping and with the flexible binder holderve to y'ieli'lingly hold the struts in their ing the same tog ther, crossin relation, when the lrite is assembled, Llkfi characters of reference denote coras in ll ire 1, although this is not entirely responding parts throughout the figures. n c ss ry. The ends of each strut is proll am aware that it is not broadly new to rifled With a slit 7 in the end thereof to ento provide a knockdown. kite, having a fold" gageand receive the selyage string, as shown ing strut structure, ith th e i f the in Figures l and f2. l preter to slit the ends struts lott d so s to be conn t d at th of the struts, so that said slits, When the corners oi the kite with a selvage string. struts are laid on. the body 1 lie parallel to tlhich as l am aware of, hoii evcr, the struts the starters oi Finld body and in the plane 0'3 1 so are connected by a pivot pin, Which adds the sclvage string. lln this manner the ends considerably to the cost, both in material and ot the struts may engage directly with the labor and tnore particularly the latter, and solvage string, i'vithout the necessity of proif the boy or girl using the lrite breaks a riding separate eng 'aging strings, or knotting. strut the pin must be removed with the the selvag'e strin so as to provide engaging tit danger of splitting one or the other oi the ends.

remaining strata ll urther, such lrites an ll. protide the struts in sueh lenhthti nei's; said, sticks being of such a length relative to the distance between the corners of 15 the kite as to require the buckling of said sticks to engage said cord binder and each end of the sticks having: a slit to receive said binder cord, and a non-removable elastic and flexible binder to hold the sticks when linecked. down and at their (Tossing point when the kite is assembled.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto allixed my hand this 5th day of November, 1921.

HARVEY A. SELLERS. 

